#BC8236#BC8236

#BC8236 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.116 H 70.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8236
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 54)
HSL	hsl(34, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, 15.24, 48.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 50.84, 72.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% 0.039 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.116 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3896, 26.9255, 7.1386)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8236 #3670BC

analogous

#BC3F36 #BC8236 #B3BC36

triadic

#BC8236 #36BC82 #8236BC

tetradic

#BC8236 #36BC3F #3670BC #BC36B3

square

#BC8236 #36BC3F #3670BC #BC36B3

split-complementary

#BC8236 #36B3BC #3F36BC

monochromatic

#5D401B #8C6128 #BC8236 #D19F5E #DFBC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#BC8236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#BC8236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8236

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8236	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96862D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.116 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a671',
    500: '#bc8236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8236;
$custom-light: #d5a671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.03,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65134,
    "c": 0.11563,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8236

secondary

#85A2C9

accent

#8ADF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8236

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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